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Ecosystem
An ecosystem refers to all living and nonliving features of a particular physical location. This includes living organisms as well as non living things, like weather, that interact with one another.
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DEC 31, 2018Plants & Animals
The tsunami that devastated Indonesia earlier this month did unbelievable amounts of damage to local families and commun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 30, 2018Videos
The Portuguese airline Hi Fly made new strides this week in the fight against the global plastic crisis when they became ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
Coal ash contamination is a public health threat across the United States. Coal ash refers to the toxic remains of coal ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 17, 2018Earth & The Environment
A federal appeals court has called in the Lorax, the grumpy little creature famous in Dr. Seuss’s book for acting ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 10, 2018Microbiology
Deep within the surface of the earth lies a gargantuan amount of carbon in the form of various types of microbial life.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2018Earth & The Environment
The media is calling it an “environmental catastrophe.” Last week roughly 8,000 barrels of crude oil, equiva ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 04, 2018Plants & Animals
Many American states have nicknames that subtly describe their unique qualities; Utah, for example, is known as the beeh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have developed a tool that enables them to predict what viruses be transmissible between infected people.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2018Plants & Animals
We often associate wildfires with destruction and devastation, but horrendous damages aside, what happens to all the ani ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2018Videos
As winter makes its presence known this year, it's time that we begin thinking of new ways to deal with the ice and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 23, 2018Microbiology
Viruses were thought of as tiny infectious agents for the most part, until researchers began to discover more and more g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
Amazonian peatlands have historically stored a large amount of soil organic carbon. But that might be changing. New rese ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 16, 2018Earth & The Environment
The EU has recently announced that it will ban single-use plastics as part of the fight to minimize plastic waste. Recen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 16, 2018Microbiology
Gluten-free diets have exploded in popularity in recent years, even for people who don't have documented food allergies.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 05, 2018Plants & Animals
Bee populations are in decline all over the globe, raising serious concerns about their current situation among conserva ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 30, 2018Plants & Animals
While perusing the Pacific Island of Vanua Levu in Fiji last year, researchers happened upon a precellular butterfly tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2018Plants & Animals
Something incredible has been happening at Yellowstone National Park since the introduction of wolves there in 1995, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 15, 2018Plants & Animals
Many shelled animals, including the humble sea snail, call the ocean their home. But as increased carbon dioxide levels ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 15, 2018Microbiology
Is it a sick visitor, a dirty hospital gown, or the unwashed hands of a clinician? No, the infection is coming from insi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2018Plants & Animals
People often share food with their friends, not only because it’s fun, but also because we evolved from a time in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 10, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Current Biology suggests that despite efforts to clean up our oceans, marine debri ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 02, 2018Plants & Animals
You might’ve heard the expression “dog eat dog,” metaphorically, of course; but how about the one that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2018Infographics
Our oceans are getting more and more acidic - but why? Though the planet's oceans maintained a relatively constant l ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
The tsunami that devastated Indonesia earlier this month did unbelievable amounts of damage to local families and commun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2018
Videos
The Portuguese airline Hi Fly made new strides this week in the fight against the global plastic crisis when they became
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Coal ash contamination is a public health threat across the United States. Coal ash refers to the toxic remains of coal
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 17, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A federal appeals court has called in the Lorax, the grumpy little creature famous in Dr. Seuss’s book for acting
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 10, 2018
Microbiology
Deep within the surface of the earth lies a gargantuan amount of carbon in the form of various types of microbial life.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The media is calling it an “environmental catastrophe.” Last week roughly 8,000 barrels of crude oil, equiva
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 04, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many American states have nicknames that subtly describe their unique qualities; Utah, for example, is known as the beeh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have developed a tool that enables them to predict what viruses be transmissible between infected people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
We often associate wildfires with destruction and devastation, but horrendous damages aside, what happens to all the ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2018
Videos
As winter makes its presence known this year, it's time that we begin thinking of new ways to deal with the ice and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 23, 2018
Microbiology
Viruses were thought of as tiny infectious agents for the most part, until researchers began to discover more and more g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Amazonian peatlands have historically stored a large amount of soil organic carbon. But that might be changing. New rese
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 16, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The EU has recently announced that it will ban single-use plastics as part of the fight to minimize plastic waste. Recen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 16, 2018
Microbiology
Gluten-free diets have exploded in popularity in recent years, even for people who don't have documented food allergies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
Bee populations are in decline all over the globe, raising serious concerns about their current situation among conserva
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 30, 2018
Plants & Animals
While perusing the Pacific Island of Vanua Levu in Fiji last year, researchers happened upon a precellular butterfly tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2018
Plants & Animals
Something incredible has been happening at Yellowstone National Park since the introduction of wolves there in 1995, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many shelled animals, including the humble sea snail, call the ocean their home. But as increased carbon dioxide levels
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2018
Microbiology
Is it a sick visitor, a dirty hospital gown, or the unwashed hands of a clinician? No, the infection is coming from insi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
People often share food with their friends, not only because it’s fun, but also because we evolved from a time in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 10, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Current Biology suggests that despite efforts to clean up our oceans, marine debri
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 02, 2018
Plants & Animals
You might’ve heard the expression “dog eat dog,” metaphorically, of course; but how about the one that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2018
Infographics
Our oceans are getting more and more acidic - but why? Though the planet's oceans maintained a relatively constant l
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan